M. Tullius Cicero, Pro S. Roscio Amerino, 100

Search the Perseus Catalog for:

← Previous Next →

[100] I hear besides, that this suspicion is not fixed upon Capito for the first time now; that he has gained many infamous victories; but that this is the first very splendid ¹ one which he has gained at Rome ; that there is no manner of committing murder in which he has not murdered many men; many by the sword, many by poison. I can even tell you of one man whom, contrary to the custom of our ancestors, he threw from the bridge into the Tiber , when he was not sixty years of age; ² and if he comes forward, or when he comes forward, for I know that he will come forward, he shall hear of him.

Pro S. Roscio Amerino. M. Tullius Cicero. London. 1903.

Sponsored by Perseus Project, Tufts University.

Funding provided by National Endowment For The Humanities (NEH).

Current edition Perseus

For Sextus Roscius of Ameria (English) (Cicero. The Orations of Marcus Tullius Cicero, Volume 1. Yonge, Charles Duke, translator. London: Bell, 1903.)

Editions (1)

Pro Sex. Roscio Amerino Perseus (Cicero. M. Tulli Ciceronis Orationes, Volume 1. Clark, Albert Curtis, editor. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1908.) — 100 focus

[100] audio praeterea non hanc suspicionem nunc primum in Capitonem conferri; multas esse infamis eius¹ palmas, hanc primam esse tamen lemniscatam quae Roma ei² deferatur; nullum modum esse hominis occidendi quo ille non aliquot occiderit, multos ferro, multos veneno. habeo etiam dicere quem contra morem maiorum minorem annis lx de ponte in Tiberim deiecerit. quae³, si prodierit atque adeo cum prodierit — scio enim proditurum esse — audiet. veniat modo, explicet suum volumen illud quod ei planum

Notes on the current edition

For Sextus Roscius of Ameria

1. The Latin word is lemniscatus, literally, adorned with ribbons hanging down all from a garland or crown. Palma lemniscata is a palm branch (i.e. a token of victory,) given to a gladiator or general when the victory was very remarkable. Cicero understands it of a murder which was connected with very great gains. Riddle, Lat. Dict. v. Lemniscatus.

2. There is a pun here on the word pons. Pons means not only a bridge, but also the platform over which men passed to give their votes at elections; and men above sixty had no votes, and all having none were called depontati or dejecti de ponte.

M. Tullius Cicero Pro S. Roscio Amerino 100

Search the Perseus Catalog for:

Current edition Perseus

Notes on the current edition

Stable identifiers